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Requiem

What is the nature of life? What is the nature of art? How can art influence our lives? These are the questions of this movie. The main character, a man who lives both in the world of dreams and reality, searches his past, in order to understand its meaning. He has meetings with the ghosts of his dead friend, his dead lover, his dead father and Pessoa, the great portuguese writer. These four encounters give him clues about what he is looking for. Beside that, he finds himself in front of art, discovering how it modifies our comprehension of life. It's based in one of Tabucci's (the italian writer)books: "Requiem". This few lines cannot resume the greatness of this movie. The last thing I can say is: If you like art, I recommend you to see it. If you ever wonder about the nature of dreams, or you live in dreams half of the time, I think you'll feel like this movie was made for you.

1998 |1h 44m |  Drama

Cast

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André Marcon

Pierre

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Márcia Breia

Mrs. Casimira

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Zita Duarte

Gypsy

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Canto e Castro

The lame man of the lottery

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Lia Gama

Isadora

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Raul Solnado

Cemetery guard

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Cécile Tanner

Christine

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João Maria Pinto

The train controller

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Sérgio Godinho

The doorkeeper of the pension

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Anna Carvalho

The girl

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Daniel Martinho

The cab driver

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Carlos Rodrigues

newspaper salesman

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Francisco Brás

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Status

Released

Language

French, Portuguese

Budget

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Revenue

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